The biggest mistake during the heating season. You lose heat and money because of him
Hot radiators are a prerequisite for the apartment to be warm. Unfortunately, often unknowingly made errors that result in higher heating bills. Of course, the classics of the most common mistakes are. In this way, its heat does not have a flow path to the room and in the room is colder. Another mistake about which many people have no idea is to open windows and ventilate. Heated radiators are not without influence on the air at home. It often becomes dry and leads to many health problems, such as a sore throat. Many people regularly ventilate the rooms to counteract dry air. This is a very good habit, but if the forgotten to close the windows, we can expose ourselves to higher heating bills. It is the same with people who leave unsealed windows in one room in one room. The radiators are practically always located under the windows. Regulating temperature height adapts to the one prevailing around. If the room temperature drops, the thermostat will heat up more to level the temperature level. Therefore, leaving the window open, we make the radiator heats up more and consume more energy. Always close the window after you have ventilated, and where you regularly have unsealed windows, remember to completely turn off the radiator.
Hidden radiator function. You pay higher bills through this mistake
In Polish homes, they are most often equipped with thermostats with a scale from 0 to 5. According to logic, “0” is to mean turned off the radiator, and “5” the strongest heating. However, it turns out that radiator manufacturers and specialists do not recommend setting radiators at level 5.
What do the numbers on the thermostat on the radiator mean?
- Snowflake or digit 0 – the radiator maintains a temperature of 6-8 degrees Celsius.
- The radiator for 1 – in the room you will get a temperature of 12-13 degrees Celsius.
- Heater for 2 – the temperature at this level is about 15 degrees Celsius.
- Heater for 3 – the room temperature will be 18-20 degrees Celsius.
- The radiator for 4 – there will be 22-24 degrees of Celsius in the room.
- Heater for 5 – the room temperature will be up to 28 degrees Celsius
Specialists recommend to use level 2 or 3 to heat the apartment. Level 4 can be used in children’s rooms. However, it turns out that level 5 is not recommended at all. It will not accelerate the heating of the air. It will only affect the bills and can make the air in the room more dry.
